New health code app with tracking option available in November – Macau Business

Health authorities will trial a new health code app this month, with the system to include a self-reported movement tracking option to facilitate contact tracing, Health Bureau Director. Alvis Lo, stated in an interview with TDM Radio Forum yesterday (Wednesday).

Lo underlined that users of the new health code system can choose whether or not to scan the QR codes placed at premises they are visiting, with travel history records only being stored on their smartphones after they scan the QR codes, and will not be uploaded onto the bureaus database.

The new function aims to assist authorities and residents to more accurately assess their Covid-19 infection risks by confirming whether they have been in contact with those who are later confirmed as novel coronavirus patients.

The first stage of the trial will be conducted in public medical institutions, such as the Conde de So Janurio Hospital Centre, health centres and health stations.

The new app will also aggregate all functions added to the Macau Health Code, such as the three-colour health code system that indicates the smartphone users risk of having been infected with Covid-19, Covid-19 nucleic acid test result display and Covid-19 vaccination records.

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